IM: In the beginning

12/28/05
The music writing for this play took place, almost strategically, over the 2005/2006 holiday season, which included the usual weekend away at my in-law’s, all Catholic.

Of particular note are my interests in Sufi poetry (Rumi, Hafiz) and the spiritual traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism and – to some extent – Islam. It is also worth noting that the period directly prior to my work on this play, and the period during the work on this play, has seen a parallel increase in the intensity of my studies…